Archive for the Oregon category
Pulled a fast one...
Posted on Montag, April 06, 2009 at 4:51 PM by Reka
About two months ago, I called my brother-in-law. My sister was immediately suspicious, supposing we were scheming. No, we answered innocently, but we thought, devilishly, YES!
Matthäus is in his fourth year at an agritechnical high school here in South Tyrol. They are required to do an internship for two weeks this year. He asked us if he could do his in the States. We contacted his uncle (my BIL) who got him hooked up with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. I found him a team to practice soccer with, got him a ticket, and...didn't say a word to my mom or sister. So I drove him to the airport on Friday morning and he left for three weeks (Easter vacation plus two weeks of internship) with my family. On Friday afternoon Oregon time, he and my BIL walked into my sister's office to say hi. One of the girls told Carol there was someone to see her. She walked out, expecting a man bringing papers for her husband. Boy, was she surprised! And her DIL was there to film it all, so I get to see the look on her face!
In the meantime I had called my mom and told her that UPS contacted me to say the package I had ordered would arrive that afternoon. As it was kind of an important package, would she be home to take it in? She said she would be. At 1:47 am my time, she called me to tell me there was no package. She had gone down the street to the mailboxes, and saw UPS driving farther down beyond her house on her way back. (Wasn't that nice of Mr. UPS to match his schedule to mine? And I didn't even let him in on the plan!) Seeing no package on the doorstep, she was a bit confused. Just then, my BIL drove in and Matthäus walked around the corner. She said she was really and truly struck speechless. What fun!
Posted in Family (RSS), Oregon (RSS), South Tyrol (RSS)
Pool party!!!
Posted on Samstag, Oktober 11, 2008 at 9:27 PM by Reka
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When we made our plans for going home to the States this summer,
my Darling Sister made us drool at the news that they were
installing a pool and hoping to have it done before we got there.
But no go. We just had a hole in the ground to stare at.
Now she sends us these luscious pictures of a blue pool when we
are nearly 6000 miles away again. Way to go, sis! :-( We heard you
found the perfect place to hang the thermometer, though. Was the
water warm enough for you?
So, TSG, now empty out most of the water and get on your leotards
and ice skates, 'cause swimming season is over for you, too!
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Posted in Family (RSS), Oregon (RSS)
Ahhh! Feels like home!
Posted on Dienstag, September 09, 2008 at 4:00 PM by Reka
I was shopping for the week at a new supermarket - you know, where you have to go up and down *every* aisle to find the things you need - when, tired from searching, my eyes fell upon something that made me stop dead in my tracks. A blue box, a splash of milk...OREOS!!! Here in Bozen??? I snatched up a box and threw it in the cart. Matthäus asked, "What are those?". I answered in an enthralled voice, "Oreos!". He gave me a sidelong glance, and we continued shopping.
When we got home, I rifled through the bags for that blue box and ripped it open. Matthäus curiously took the foil package from the inside, opened it, and bit into a cookie. "No!", I said, "That's not the way to eat Oreos!!" And screwed one apart for myself, teething the sugary white insides out and munching into the cookie top. Ahhh! I was never particularly fond of Oreos, but some things just feel like home away from home...
Posted in Food and Wine (RSS), Oregon (RSS)